Liams



(Novllodel I'. T. WILLIAMS.

LANTERN HOLDER. f

Patented Mar. 2, 1897.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

FRANK THEODORE WILLIAMS, OF MERIDEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO Tl-IE EDWARD MILLER & COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

LANTERN-HOL'DER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 577,974, dated March 2, 1897. Application led December 26, 1896. Serial No. 616,976. (No model.)

" all whom it' may concer-n:

Be it known that I, FRANK THEoDoRn WIL- LIAMS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Meriden, in the coun'ty of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lantern- Holders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in ro lantern-holders for bicycles, carriages, &c.;

and the objects of my improvement are simplicity and economy in construction and efficiency in operation, the lantern cup or lamp itself forming one part of one swivel-joint.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly in vertical section, to-

gether with a lantern secured therein. Fig.

2 is a plan view of the holder. Fig. 3 is a rear elevation thereof. Fig. 4L is mainly a horizo Zontal section on the line of Fig. 3, and Fig. 5 is a transverse section through the middle portion of one member of the head or forkl clamping jaws.

The lantern-forint or lantern-cup A is of z5 ordinary form, having a peripheral bead 6, above and below which the diameter of the cup gradually decreases. The two parts 7 and 8 of the lantern-holding ring have their inner faces formed in cross-section to fit the 3o sides of the cup, as shown in Fig. 1, and said parts are hinged together, as at 9, Figs. 2 and 3. The part 7 is provided near one end with a socket 10, through which a screw slide passes, the said slide being provided at one 3 5 end with a hook 11 and at its other end with a threaded shank 12, upon which the adjusting-nut 13 is iitted to bear against the end of the socket 10. The free end of the part 8 is provided with a cross-pin 14 for the hook of 4o the screw-slide to engage, whereby upon turning the said nut 13 the two parts of the lampholding ring may be bound tightly upon the round body portion of the cup for holding the lantern or loosened for releasing the lantern 45 to turn it within the ring or remove it therefrom. The said part 7 is also provided with a rigid and centrally-perforated hinge-lug or bracket 15 of a disk-like form and with serrated side faces 16. The clamping-jaws 17 are 5o mounted upon a tube or sleeve 18 by means of a bolt 19 and thumb-nut 20, which bolt passes transversely through one end of said sleeve and also through one end of a bracketadjusting bolt or shaft Ql/the opposite and projecting end of said olt or shaft being threaded to receive th thumb-nut 22. Said sleeve is also provided with a companion bracket or hinge-lug 23, having one side face serrated to engage one or the other of the side faces on the bracket l5. For cheapness of construction I prefer to make the sleeve 18 and bracket-adj usting bolt or shaft in' two parts; but when assembled their function is substantially the same as if the said sleeve and bolt were formed of one and the same piece as one rigid bracket-adjusting shaft with the hinge-bracket 23 made rigid thereon. The larger ends 17 of the clamping-jaws are adapted to be secured upon the head of a bicycle, and the smaller ends 24 are adapted to be secured upon either arm of the bicyclefork. By loosening the thumb-nut of the bolt 19 the clamping-jaws may be turned over end forV end, so as to'have the smaller ends 24 project beyond the end of the sleeve 18 in the position occupied bythe larger ends 17, as shown in the drawings. Cu p-like washers 25 and 26 are placed under the thumb-nuts 2O and 22,'respectively. Both endsof the clampin g-jaws are slightly recessed or curved, as at 27, so as t0 partially embrace the bracket-adj usting shaft and hold the said jaws in alinement therewith.

The lamp-holding ring not only furnishes means for securing a lantern to the holder,

but it also makes, in connection with the lantern itself, a swivel-joint whereby the lantern maybe turned around to make its lense-face in any desired direction, the clamp-ring, of course, being loosened and then tightened again after properly adjusting the said joint. By loosening and tightening the thumb-nut 22, that binds the brackets 15 and 23 together, the lantern can be tipped as may be desired and held in its adj usted position. By removing said thumb-nut, the clamp-ring, and its bracket 15 and then replacing them, the l clamp-ring may be arranged upon either side of the sleeve 1S, as may be desired. By means of the bolt 19 and its nut 2O either end of the clamping jaws may be projected and the holder secured to either the bicycle-head or one member of the fork, as may be desired. The recesses or curves 27 in the ends of the clamping-arms, when in engagement with the sides of the sleeves 18, will prevent said arms from swinging on the bolt 19. The Whole forms a neat and compact holder of a convenient and ecient form and one that can be produced at a small cost.

While I prefer to employ the devices shown for supporting the clamp-ring, other supporting devices may be substituted as an equivalent therefor and still reap the advantages of forming a swivel-joint by means of said ring and the lantern held therein. It is also evident that my holder, without any change of construction, might be secured to one end of a carriage-dash instead of a bicycle-fork, and that a change in size or form to adapt it to fit any other portion of a carriage would not be a material change.

I claim as my invention- 1. The combination of the clamp-ring, the double-faced and reversible hinge-bracket 15 rigidly secured to said ring, the bracket-adj usting shaft having secured thereon a coinpanion hinge-bracket, clamping-jaws for attaching said bracket-ad j listin g shaft to a support, and devices for attachably and detachably securing said clamp-ring and its hingebracket to said bracket-ad justin g shaft with either face of the hinge-bracket 15 against the face of its companion hinge-bracket, as may be desired, substantially as described.

2. The clamp-ring with its meeting ends arranged to move to and from each other and having near one of said ends a socket 10, the screw-adjustable slide guided longitudinally Within said socket for connecting the said ends, andsupporting devices for said clamping-ring, substantially as described and for the purpose specified.

3. The combination of the clamp-ring for receiving and holding a round body portion of a lantern and with the lantern forming a siviveljoint permitting the lantern to be turned horizontally on its vertical axis, a hinge-bracket rigidly secured to said ring, a companion hinge-bracket having 'devices for securing the complete holder to a vehicle, and means for adjustably securing said hingebrackets together and forming the joint for tipping said clamp-ring on a horizontal axis substantially as described.

4. The combination of the hin ge-bracket 15 for supporting a lantern, with a bracketadjusting shaft having a companion bracket thereon, the clamping-jaws secured to one end of said bracket-adjusting shaft by means of the transverse bolt 19 and nut 20, said clamping-jaws being longitudinally recessed for fitting the sides of said shaft to hold them in alinement therewith substantially as described and for the purpose specified.

5. The combination of the hinge-bracket 15 for supporting a lantern7 with a bracketadjusting shaft having a companion bracket, and the double-ended clamping-j aws secu red on said bracket-adjustin g shaft and arranged to be changed end for end, substantially as described.

FRANK 'lIlEODOllll WILLIAMS.

'Witnessesz Louis W. STADTMILLER, I. B. MILLER. 

